obtemperate

verb

1. To obey, comply or submit to.

   obsolete, transitive

   […]penalty of not obtemperating the interlocutory order of the court

2. To be obedient or submissive.

   intransitive, obsolete

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin obtemperātus, perfect passive participle of obtemperō (“to obey”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of obtemper.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry obtemperate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← obstaculateobtend →

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